Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-06-22

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 22
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
360 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 325▲ 83 vs year ago 277 · +30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 93, Heifers 149, Bulls 118)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.56/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −113.56 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$253.56
56 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,383
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.69
vs VA average
−13.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544254.601,38532
Medium and Large 2543254.051,38119thin
Medium and Large 3562245.001,3775thin
One grade step is worth $9.60/cwt here — about $8 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale56 hd
253.56
—
VA average6 barns · 382 hd
258.24
−4.69
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−13.66
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−113.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
429390351312median 367.1203/0705/0207/1109/1210/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $326.28, median $367.12 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

41 lots · USDA AMS · Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300293.00/cwt293.00–293.008791
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,2114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458292.63/cwt270.00–296.001,3408
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467290.76/cwt270.00–296.001,35810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,49811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,62123
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,72215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,6701
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2656265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7384
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3343248.00/cwt248.00–248.008512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345280.00/cwt280.00–280.009661
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,01411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3446251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,1228
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2454263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,19612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464260.79/cwt242.00–262.001,21017
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,38218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544254.60/cwt241.00–255.501,38532
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3562245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3775
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638232.12/cwt226.00–233.001,4818
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5518
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4601
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1341319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,0885
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1363
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1825
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,3084
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3443255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1303
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2497270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,34212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,37418
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3546236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2894
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570265.48/cwt256.00–266.001,51320
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4826
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1654219.67/cwt215.00–222.001,4376
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4872

This sale against other markets

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.